Description
Maker: Aktiebolaget Original-Odhner, Göteborg, Sweden c. 1955–1967, model no. 229-84, serial no. 1306, the heavy all-metal frame in a grey enamel protective finish, fitted with a 10-digit lever-set pinwheel system, 8-digit revolution counter register, and 13-digit output accumulator register and sectional windows where the digits are displayed. The calculator is operated via a manual rotating right-hand crank (clockwise for addition/multiplication and counter-clockwise for subtraction/division). The front carriage includes quick-clearing cranks at opposite ends and two mechanical buttons for single-place carriage shifting, stamped no. 3275-00. (12 x 16 x 33cm) (Mass: 5.5kg) (With original affixed retailers plaque: Supplied by W.H. Davis Ltd cor. Simmonds and Marshall Sts., Johannesburg… P.O. Box 5382)(Condition report: Sold as found, Age wearing, dents, losses evident to paintwork and oxidation evident) PLUS A Pre-WWII Swedish Manufactured ORIGINAL ODHNER Mechanical Calculator circa 1930s -1940s, Maker: Aktiebolaget Original-Odhner, Göteborg, Sweden, the early production manual pinwheel calculating machine featuring a heavy all-metal body finished in a blue grey enamel lacquer coated finish with embossed lettering, fitted with a 9-digit lever-set input register, 8-digit revolution counter, and a sliding front carriage housing a 13-digit output accumulator register. Operated via a traditional right-hand manual crank with a polished wooden knob handle. Features dual wing-nut style clearing cranks on the carriage sides, left/right mechanical carriage shifting controls (13 x 25 x 14cm) ( Age wearing, dents, losses evident to paintwork and oxidation evident, Sold as found)
